The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache() for more details.
Using Windows shares: On windows, use //computername/share/filename or \\\\computername\share\filename to check files on network shares.
</phpsyntax>
+ <phpsyntax function="file_get_contents" usage="string file_get_contents ( string filename [, bool use_include_path [, resource context]])">Identical to file(), except that file_get_contents() returns the file in a string. On failure, file_get_contents() will return FALSE.
+file_get_contents() is the preferred way to read the contents of a file into a string. It will use memory mapping techniques if supported by your OS to enhance performance.
+ </phpsyntax>
<phpsyntax function="fileatime"></phpsyntax>
<phpsyntax function="filectime"></phpsyntax>
<phpsyntax function="filegroup"></phpsyntax>